[ale] E*Trade chatwithwendy.com phishing?

[Jim Kinney]

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On Fri, 2019-05-17 at 20:17 +0000, Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale wrote:
> AI being Annoying Interruption in this case?  :-)
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> From: dev null zero two <dev.null.02 at gmail.com> 
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> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 3:10 PM
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> To: Lightner, Jeffrey <JLightner at dsservices.com>; Atlanta Linux
> Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> Subject: Re: [ale] E*Trade chatwithwendy.com phishing?
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> I've gotten one on my work email. Ignored it and got a followup a
> couple weeks later. looks like a mix of a recruiter email and also an
> ad for their "AI technology".
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> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 12:18 PM Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale <
> ale at ale.org> wrote:
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> > 
> > I’ve gotten email a few times over the past few months in my work
> > email address.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > They purport to be from an AI used by E*Trade in Alpharetta for
> > hiring presumably for initial screening.   They mention my
> > “profile” as the reason for reaching out to me.   It gives links
> > for
> > chatwithwendy.com.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Since I’ve never put my work email address on any job site (other
> > than subscription to ale jobs) I’m suspicious of what “profile” it
> > would have found and have never clicked on the links.
> >  
> > Has anyone else gotten these and either confirmed or disproved them
> > to just be sophisticated phishing emails?
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